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permanent
English
Etymology
Used in English since 15th century, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanens, from perman?o (“I stay through”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?m?n?nt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??m?n?nt/
- Hyphenation: per?ma?nent
Adjective
permanent (comparative more permanent, superlative most permanent)
- Without end, eternal.
- Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
Synonyms
- (without end): everlasting, neverending, unending; see also Thesaurus:eternal or Thesaurus:endless
- (lasting for an indefinitely long time): durable, intransient; see also Thesaurus:lasting
Antonyms
- impermanent, temporary
Derived terms
Related terms
- permafrost
- permatemp
Translations
Noun
permanent (plural permanents)
- A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
- 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin 2005, p. 8:
- She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent, a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.
- 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin 2005, p. 8:
- (linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an matrix , the sum over all permutations of .
- (collectible card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
Translations
See also
- determinant
- ephemeral
- relaxer
- temporary
Verb
permanent (third-person singular simple present permanents, present participle permanenting, simple past and past participle permanented)
- (transitive, dated) To perm (the hair).
Further reading
- permanent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- permanent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- permanent at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Petermann, merpentan
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p??.m??nent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?r.m??nen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pe?.ma?nent/
Adjective
permanent (masculine and feminine plural permanents)
- permanent
Related terms
- permanència
- permanentment
Further reading
- “permanent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin permanentem (accusative of permanens).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.ma.n??/
Adjective
permanent (feminine singular permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
- permanent
Derived terms
- ordre permanent
Noun
permanent m (plural permanents)
- (mathematics) permanent
Related terms
- permanence
- impermanent
Further reading
- “permanent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French permanent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??ma?n?nt/
Adjective
permanent (not comparable)
- permanent
Declension
Adverb
permanent
- permanently, incessantly
Synonyms
- ständig, unaufhörlich
Further reading
- “permanent” in Duden online
Ladin
Alternative forms
- permanënt
Adjective
permanent m (feminine singular permanenta, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
- permanent
Latin
Verb
permanent
- third-person plural present active indicative of permane?
Middle French
Adjective
permanent m (feminine singular permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
- permanent
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin permanens
Adjective
permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)
- permanent
- (as an adverb) permanently
References
- “permanent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin permanens
Adjective
permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)
- permanent
References
- “permanent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French permanent
Adjective
permanent m or n (feminine singular permanent?, masculine plural permanen?i, feminine and neuter plural permanente)
- permanent
Declension
permanent From the web:
- what permanent means
- what permanently removes hair
- what permanent resident card
- what permanently kills weeds
- what permanently kills grass
- what permanent tooth replaces d
- what permanent hair color is best
- what permanent markers are non toxic
incessant
English
Etymology
From Old French incessant
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?s.?nt/
- Hyphenation: in?ces?sant
Adjective
incessant (comparative more incessant, superlative most incessant)
- Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
- The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.
Synonyms
- unremitting
- continuous
- unceasing
Translations
Anagrams
- anticness, cantiness, instances, tenascins
Catalan
Etymology
in- +? cessant
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /in.s??sant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /in.s??san/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /in.se?sant/
Adjective
incessant (masculine and feminine plural incessants)
- incessant
Derived terms
- incessantment
Related terms
- cessar
Further reading
- “incessant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “incessant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “incessant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “incessant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Adjective
incessant (feminine singular incessante, masculine plural incessants, feminine plural incessantes)
- incessant
Further reading
- “incessant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- instances
Latin
Verb
incessant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of incess?
incessant From the web:
- what incessant means
- what incessantly tortures jacob marley
- what incessant rain
- incessant what does it mean
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